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It’s August, so that means a new high school sports year is just around the corner. By month’s end football season will be underway, and in a little more than a week from now, volleyball season will be getting started.

Saturday morning was a blowout for fishing, as an east to northeast wind gusting to near 20 knots discouraged anglers from hitting the water. This ended a streak of days with light winds; however, this being August, the strong wind likely will give way to better conditions soon.

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Ihad the honor of meeting Ouida Cook shortly after she opened Soul 2 Soul Café. What started with a visit from the chamber to see how we could help a new business owner and aspiring entrepreneur has created a friendship that will last forever. Ouida’s story and friendship has touched my heart and my soul, and I know it will yours too. Her story begins ...

Bill Sargent, Mark Mansius and John Gay (“Don’t be divided; stand together!” The Daily News, July 27) have hit a new low by denying the reality of pervasive racism in our society. And they are dead wrong to blame opponents of racism for attempting “to divide us.” The ugly truth is that white supremacists have always divided our nation — with slavery, super-exploitation, segregation, the denial of equal opportunities, and other forms of racism and national oppression.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer and Martin Perez allowed only two hits to earn his first win in his comeback from Tommy John surgery as the Texas Rangers edged the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Sunday.

The island has been called a lot of things by national media — gritty, dusty, faded, just to name a few.

So, it’s refreshing that the historic seaport city was ranked No. 9 on the Top 10 list of America’s friendliest small cities based on research by real estate site Movoto. Click here for the full report.

Movotolooked at 100 cities with less than a 50,000 population and ranked their friendliness based on crime, charity, gift stores, Facebook likes, etc.

Here’s the ranking:

1. San Luis Obispo, Calif.

2. Charlottesville, Va.

3. Olympia, Wash.

4. Palm Springs, Calif.

5. Harrisburg, Penn.

6. Littleton, Colo.

7. Jopelin, Mo.

8. Grapevine, Texas.

9. Galveston, Texas

10. Coral Gables, Fla.

And here’s the seven criteria in Movoto's words:

• Violent crime rate (friendlier residents = less stabbing)

• Percent of income given to charity (friendly folks spread the wealth around)